@chakster, I think Reed's marketing on the 3P is a bit misleading. If you look closely the vertical bearing is two points like the more expensive Origin live arms. The horizonal bearing is an upper hanging single point pulled into alignment by attracting magnets at the bottom. Since the upper bearing can be shifted horizontally azimuth can be adjusted. It has a great magnetic antiskating mechanism. It is a 3 point arm which is going to have more friction than a single point arm. Obviously it is a lot more stable. It is a very clever set up and I do not really care for it. The Arm I like the most is the 2G. The 2G has better geometry. It is a neutral balance arm and the vertical bearings are down at record level. It has fewer resonant structures. The 3P is quite complicated.
@atmasphere, The Schroder CB's bearings are ceramic, even harder. It is reported to have the lowest friction of any captured bearing arm made. Whether that is true or not I can't say but it is a very sensitive arm and it will move with just the air currents in the room. I balanced the arm out so that it floats to set antiskating and had to turn the AC off. In spite of it being perfectly level it kept wanting to head towards the air return. Turning the AC off stopped it. Never had that happen before. The antiskating is also magnetic eliminating another bearing or friction creating device.
@atmasphere, The Schroder CB's bearings are ceramic, even harder. It is reported to have the lowest friction of any captured bearing arm made. Whether that is true or not I can't say but it is a very sensitive arm and it will move with just the air currents in the room. I balanced the arm out so that it floats to set antiskating and had to turn the AC off. In spite of it being perfectly level it kept wanting to head towards the air return. Turning the AC off stopped it. Never had that happen before. The antiskating is also magnetic eliminating another bearing or friction creating device.